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Bill[_37_]

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:15:41 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Thanks for the follow up report. I'm pleased it all worked out.

Ceiling fans are very rough on bulbs -- they may need "rough service" bulbs.

If the blades are properly balanced, they're not too hard on bulbs. In four
years, the only ceiling fan bulbs I've lost were the ones on the back porch,
in a fan that's never used. Three of the four went.

When I used 100W bulbs in my ceiling fan which has a globe, I was going
through them practically monthly. When I switched to 60W, I got more
normal bulb-lifetimes.